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This article discusses a fundamental issues of medical ontology based on ontological theory. We focus on "anatomical structure of organs" and "abnormal states in the human body". On the basis of the investigation, we distinguish organ-specific types from those independent of any organ to maximize the explicitness of ontology. The next feature of our ontology is to allow on-demand reorganization of is-a hierarchy of diseases instead of one fixed hierarchy to cope with various viewpoints which physician might have. We also take care of the notorious issue related to conflict of is-a and part-of relations.
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Mizoguchi, R., Kozaki, K., Kou, H. et al. An Advanced Clinical Ontology. Nat Prec (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3506.1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3506.1